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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many calories/gram is protein?






2. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






3. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






4. What type of people need extra protein?






5. What is the function of vitamin E?






6. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






7. When does BMR increase?






8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






9. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






10. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






11. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






12. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






13. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






15. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






16. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






17. The higher the BMR a client has --






18. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






19. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






20. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






21. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






22. Where can you get more vitamin D?






23. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






24. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






25. What is the function of vitamin C?






26. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






27. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






29. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






30. What is normal albumin levels?






31. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






32. What is normal BMI?






33. Name six sources of grains






34. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






35. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






36. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






37. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






38. Fats can lead to some medical problems






39. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






40. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






41. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






42. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






43. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






44. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






45. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






46. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






47. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






48. What are healthy sources of fats?






49. What function is vitamin D?






50. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs